Monday, July 16, 2007

Vote near, peanut growers ask higher U.S. support

(Reuters) - Federal loan rates effectively set a minimum price for a
crop.




Under the bill awaiting action in the Agriculture
Committee, peanut growers would see the same subsidies as now
-- a so-called direct payment of $36 per ton a year, a
marketing loan rate of $355 a ton and a "target price" of $495
a ton. If crop income is below the target, the government makes
additional payments.


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